Card novelty



Sept 15, 1931. F. wElNDEl.. JR 1,823,241

CARD NOVELTY Filed Dec. 23, 1930 A TTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 15, 1931 i UNITED STATES PATENT f OFFICE FRED WEINDEL, JR., ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO L. F. GRAMMES y y & SONS, INC., F ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND 'i CARD NOVELTY Application led December 23,1930. Serial No. 504,408.

This invention relates to gift cards and like articles Classifiable as card novelties. My invention isdirectedtoward enabling production in an expeditious and 'economical f ymanner'from metallic sheet material, of composite card novelties characterized by 4 having opposite faces in relief and either of the same vof different designs, and which are effectively strengthened intermediate plies f against being easily deformed. or bent notwithstanding the use of very thin material in their fabrication. n

' The above desideratum I attain as hereinafter described in detail, by first forming from very thin adhesive-backed metallic sheet material a blank consisting of a series of edge-attached plain and `embossed (or otherwise` embellished)y sections all `of the same profile; then moistening the adhesive f backing of the blank; and finally folding the blankto bring its several edge-attached vsections into coincidence with thefembossed sections'outermost to serve as the face and back of the card novelty, while the intermediate 'i 25 sections serve as fillers for the purpose of thickening and stiife-ning the card novelty.

In connection with card novelties intended to accompany gifts, it is a further aim of my invention to provide for the application 3`0 of signatures or other inscriptions byforming one or both of the face sections of the blank with apertures, and by incorporating', incident to folding of vthe blank as aforesaid, 'sheets of paper orthe like for exposure at 5' 35 the openings ofthe apertured faces of the resultant card novelty.`

-A still further object'of my invention is to secure in card novelties the advantages of diversified'finishes possible with use of metal 40 in their fabrication, through burnishing,

color printing7 high spot polishing, enamelling, etc. `v i i Inthe drawings Fig. 'I is a diagrammativcally represented section of Vmetallic sheet material of a kind'which I prefer vto employ in the fabrication of novelties. i

, Fig. II shows a card novelty blank die stamped or otherwise cut from the material 5.0 of Fig.y I.

my improved card yto produce the finished card novelty.

serve ultimately as the front and back of the Fig'III is a sectional view of the'stamping, taken as indicated by the arrows IlII-III in'Fig. II, and showing in vdotted lines the manner in which the blank is folded Fig. IV is a diagrammatic cross sectional view of the finished card novelty.

Fig. V is a view corresponding toFig. II showing another type of blank intended to form, when folded, a greeting card.

Fig. VI is a sectional view similar to Fig. III showing how the blank of Fig. V is folded and the manner of incorporating sheets of paper or the like for ultimate exposure through'openings in the face sections of the blank shown in Fig. V; and,

Fig. VII is a diagrammatic cross sectional view of the gift card formed from the blank of Fig. V.

AIn the practice of my invention, I employ sheet material of the kind diagrammatically illustrated in section in FigQI consisting of a layergl() of very thin pliable metal' like brass'7 copper. bronze or aluminum,whereto is secured, through interposition of a layer of adhesive 11, a layer 12 of correspondingly thin paper which is in t-urn coated with a layer 13 ofV adhesive. From sheet material characterized as jvu'styeiiplaine'd I die stamp or otherwise cut a blank, such as shown in Fig. II, with similarly profiled edge-attached sections whereof there are in the present instance three, which are designated respectively by the numerals 14, 15 and 16. For convenience of exemplification, the sections 14, 15 and 16 of the blank are profiled to represent the fi eure of a soldier. As shown, the sections 14 and 15 are differently embossed in this instance to bring out the lines of the figure and to finished card novelty, while the third section 1.6 of the blank vis pla-in, i. e. unembossed. With a blank thus prepared, I moisten the adhesive backing 13 and then fold the sections lll-16 into coincidence after the manner indicated in Fig. III, that is to say: I first swing the section 16 over upon the section 15, and then swing the section 14 in turn over the section 16. This operation results in a composite card novelty having the cross section 100 n shown in Fig.y IV which I maintain under i sections 14, .15.

pressure for a time interval sufficient to insure setting of 'the adhesive. As a oonsequence of folding in the manner described. the plain section 16 of the blank is disposed intermediate the embossed frontal and rear The section 16 therefore serves to materially stiffen the card novelty and to increase its resistance against easy deformation o'r bending after the adhesive has onceset. The attractiveness ofthe card novelty may be enhanced through various artifices possible in the treatment of metal, for example, the blank may be printed with different colors incident to'die stamping and embossing; or `it' may .afterwards be.A burnished, and in1addition,the raised areas may be'polished toproduce contrasting dull and highlight effects. By'virtue of the thinness of the metal employed, my card novelty is not appreciably heavier than similar vnovelties made'from'- cardboard or paper, notwithstandingv thefactA that it is thicker "and stiffer due to .theembossing of'its frontand rear faces. Y

Referring now `to Fig'. V, I have there Vshownfa blank fora Igift cardl novelty, which blank, like the oneo'fFigII hasrthree similarly configured edge" attached sections 14a, 15a and 16a. these Vsections being in this case of rectangular oblong outline. 1 As in the first instance, two of the sections, to wit the sections llla, 15a are differently embossedwhile the third section 16a is plain. It will however be notedhere that the embossed sections 1404.15@ vare apertured asl at 17, 18. The

i method lfollowed in folding the blank-of Fig.

V isidentical with that described in connection 'with the folding of the blank of Fig. II, that-is tosav, the section'lGU/is first swung over the section=15aand the section 14a finally swung over uponthe section 16al but," incident to such folding, I insert between the several -sectionssheets 19 and 20 of paper or other non-metallic materialcapable of'being written upointhe surfaces'of which. after the blank'has been folded'to produce the gift cards, are exposed'through the apertures 17, 18 in the faces 14a,'15a for signatures or other personal inscriptions which the senderl of the card may wish to'apply. Onthe other hand, the names may .be printed or engraved on the paper slips .previousto their incorporation in the cards: or, again if desired, pictures orphotgraphs maybe used in lieu of the paper sheets. v f n It is of course to be understood that Ido not wish to bealimited` to the specific profile configurationsnorthe specific embossed designs" illustrated herein since these are obviously open-Ito extensive variation'in practice. *Figured card novelties such as shown in Y Fig. II can be used a's'toys, and, if desired they may be provided leither with integrally formed or separately attached bases to support them in upright position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: y

l. rIhe method of fabricating card novelties'from thin adhesive-backed metallic sheet material, by forming from such material a blank with unembossed edge-attached profiledv sections in series with a pair of similarly profiled edge-attached embossed sections; m'oistening the adhesive backing Vof the blank;.and infolding the plain sections of the blank between the embossed sections.

2. The method of fabricating card novelties from thin adhesive-backed metallic -sheet materiahfby'forming from' such material a blank with unembossed edge-attached profile sect-ions in series with a pair of edge-attachedsimilarly profiled but differently embossed sections; moisteningV the v4adhesive backing of the blank; and infolding the plain sections of the blankbetween the' embossed sections.

'3. The method of 'fabricating card novelties from thin adhesive-backed metallic sheet material, by forming from such material a blank with similarly proled edge-attached plain sections in series with a pair of similarly profiled edge-'attached but apertured sections; moistening the adhesive backing of the blank; and incident to infoldingthe plain sections between the aperturedsections, interposing sheets ofl paper or the like for ultimate exposure in the openings of the said apertured sections.

4. vThe* method of fabricatingV card novelties from thin metallic adhesive-backed sheet material, by forming from such sheet material a blank with similarly profiled edge-attached plain sections in.' series with a pair of similarly profiled edge-attached but embossed apertured sections; moistening the adhesive backing of the blank; and, incident to'infolding the plain sections ofthe blank between the embossed apertured sections, interposing sheets of paper or the like for eX'- posure ultimately in the openings of the said embossed apertured Vsect-ions.

5. A composite card novelty formed from thin metallic sheet material having an adhesive backing and comprising correspondingly profiled embossed `front and rear ccnnected thicknesses, and an edge-attached similarly profiled intermediate thickness.`

6. A composite card novelty formed "from thin metallic 4sheet material having an -adhesive backing, and comprising correspondingly profiled apertured fronty and rear face thicknesses, similarly profiled plain intermediate thicknesses, and interposed sheets of aperbossed apertureol front and reai` face thicknesses, similarly profiled but plain intermediate thicknesses, and sheets of paper or the like interposed for exposure through the apertures of the aforesaid face thicknesses.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name at Allentown, Pennsylvania, this 20th day of December, 1930.

FRED WEINDEL JR. 

